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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR57.49
People
Josef Olbrich, Austrian (1867 - 1908)
Author: Wilhelm Holzamer (Nieder-Olm 1870 - 1907 Berlin)
Title
Holzamer: "Spiele"
Classification
Books
Work Type
book
Date
1901
Places
Creation Place: Europe
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223576

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red paper cover with gold ink design and cord, 9 illustrations printed in blue ink on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
20.7 x 14.6 cm (8 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Printed on cover in gold ink: OLBRICH
  • stamp: Center of frontispiece: very faint red ink stamp
  • inscription: Printed on frontispiece: Wilhelm Holzamer/ Spiele/ mit Zeichnungen/ von Olbrich/ Verlegt bei Eugen Diederichs, Leipzig 1901

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles Kuhn [purchased through L'Art Ancien S.A., Zurich], gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1957.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Charles L. Kuhn
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
BR57.49
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Dream and Design: Turn-of-the-Century Art in Vienna and Central Europe, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/07/1992 - 05/03/1992

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